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'Bad Paint Day'

I've heard of a 'bad hair day'. Now I know what a 'bad paint day' is like...

Oh joy. Needed two cases of paint over the weekend following the 4th of July, had a heck of a time finding a way to get paint here by Saturday. National Paintball Supply was the only place that said they could gaurantee it. Ordered a case of split-shot and a case of gator. (both RP) Cases arrived on time.

Split shot was great. Everyone's gun loved it. Gator was *THE WORST* paint I have EVER seen. There was the typical fine green mist in the bag you see when it arrives with a broken ball. Oddly enough, no broken ball could be found when I dumped the case on a towel to dry it off a bit. All balls that were anywhere *near* round had at least two flat spots on them. The other 25% (yes, 1 in 4) balls were so lop-sided it was almost funny to look at. I measured one ball to be almost 1" wide, and less than 1/2" across! The balls looked like they had been sat on. Not much we could do at this point -- we needed two cases, and that's all we had.

I called NPS and talked to the guy I ordered them from and he says I should return the case. I pointed out this translated to "cancel your game". He says to play the case and 'call him back if they shoot bad'. Duh. I don't think this paint could fly straight if you dropped it from 5th floor. It'd probably hook and hit the building.

Anyway, off to paintball we went. I tried to stay away from the gator that day, (one of the perks of being the one to pick up the paint from UPS) but thought it only fair to *try* the gator. That was the first time I have ever seen my Vector get jammed. A ball was so deformed that it would not drop into the chamber. I had to pull the hopper to get the ball out. The pistols were having a rough time of it. I watched a guy bust ball after ball, simply trying to chamber them.

Anyway, I spose I'll call him up and gripe a bit. He mentioned something about a possible "bad lot", and to keep the lot number from the case. Got it. I would hope to see a free replacement case.

> I've heard of a 'bad hair day'. Now I know what a 'bad paint day' > is like...

Yeah, I'm never again using Nelson paint myself. Got a half case of the new 'precision' (I think) series paint. Needless to say, it sucked hard. I had so many barrel breaks that I was ready to cry. At least on a game; enough to absolutely ruin any chances I may of had of shooting accurately. From now on I'm sticking with Proball and RP...

: Yeah, I'm never again using Nelson paint myself. Got a half case of : the new 'precision' (I think) series paint. Needless to say, it sucked : hard. I had so many barrel breaks that I was ready to cry. At least on : a game; enough to absolutely ruin any chances I may of had of shooting : accurately. From now on I'm sticking with Proball and RP...

Yup, same here. The Nelsons are the worst paint ever. Three of us bought some paint to split. 1 case of RP gators and 1/2 case of Nelson black/white fill. When we were splitting the cases we were fighting over who had to use the Nelsons. The Nelsons kept swerving and would shoot straigt and every 50 shot a ball will break.